Re: Muttrc example needed POP3/SMTP

[Arkadiusz Drabczyk]

On 2017-02-03, sunrise  wrote:
> I would like to start using mutt but am somewhat intimidated by all the 
> possible options
> in the muttrc config file. Would someone be willing to provide me with a 
> basic muttrc I
> could use to get started?
>
> Here is what I'm looking for:
>
> * POP3 (one provider) for retrieving messages

I'd just like to add that these days you should give IMAP a try - I
find better than POP3 because it automatically synchronizes
everything.  It's easy to use with mutt as well.

For example, I use offlineimap as the IMAP client on my Slackware box
and K9Mail e-mail client on my phone.  When I mark a message as read
on my phone it's automatically marked as read when downloaded with
offlineimap in mutt, when I send a message on either device it's
automatically shown in Sent folder on both devices, and when I move a
a message to a given folder or delete a message it's automatically
synchronized on both devices.  It's very convenient, especially if get
a lot of mail.
-- 
Arkadiusz Drabczyk 

Re: Muttrc example needed POP3/SMTP

[Erik Christiansen]

On 03.02.17 09:47, Chris Green wrote:
> ... and if you're on a distribution where Postfix is the standard
> that's also pretty easy to set up.  I personally prefer Postfix from
> the ease of configuration point of view.

+1

(It also has a Sendmail compatibility interface, so that we old folks
could move over painlessly. But now my muscle memory is Postfix oriented.)

> I use Postfix and both send and receive mail using SMTP as my desktop
> machine is on all the time.  Thus I have no need for POP3/IMAP mail
> collection.

As my machine is shut down each night, I use fetchmail to bring mail in
via POP3. It has served me well for several decades now.

Erik

Re: Muttrc example needed POP3/SMTP

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:11:10AM -0600, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
> On Thu, February 2, 2017 10:37 pm, sunrise wrote:
> > I already had getmail set up but didn't have msmtp installed.
> 
> If exim4 is installed and configured, there is no need for msmtp, unless you
> need the profile feature of msmtp which gives you the ability to send
> messages through any of a number of smarthosts.
> 
> Some may argue that exim4 is overkill for most users, but the package is
> mainstream, proven, and very capable; and, with the script provided by the
> Debian maintainer, configuration of exim4 is simple and quick.
> 
... and if you're on a distribution where Postfix is the standard
that's also pretty easy to set up.  I personally prefer Postfix from
the ease of configuration point of view.

I use Postfix and both send and receive mail using SMTP as my desktop
machine is on all the time.  Thus I have no need for POP3/IMAP mail
collection.

-- 
Chris Green